Comfort Zone

"Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you arewilling to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new."-- Brian Tracy

Reflection Quotes

Lao Tzu:
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.


John Quincy Adams:
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it. Frederick Douglass

Confucius: By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living. Rudolf Steiner

“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” Thomas Merton

H. L. Mencken:
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking

A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral. Maynard James Keenan

Success and Greatness

"There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet." William F. Halsey

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. David Brinkley


"Creativity means believing you have greatness." Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

"No great man ever complains of want of opportunity." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Action is the foundational key to all success. Pablo Picasso

"The price of greatness is responsibility." Winston Churchill

"Greatness does not approach him who is forever looking down." Hitopadesa

"Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be." Henri Frederic Amiel

"Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them." William Shakespeare

"No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men." Thomas Carlyle

"Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions." Benjamin Disreali

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. Erma Bombeck

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. Dale Carnegie

“I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary." Lou Holtz

"Don’t wait until you’re a man to be great. Be a ‘great’ boy."Anonymous


"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude." Arthur Schopenhauer

"Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great." Harry S. Truman

"It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age."Joseph Addison

Michael Jordan Quotes

I just feel that my competitive drive is far greater than anyone else that I’ve met, and I think that I thrive on that."Michael Jordan.

I've reached the pinnacle of my career. I just feel that I don't have anything else to prove."Michael Jordan.

"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." -- Michael Jordan

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. Michael Jordan.

I never thought a role model should be negative. Michael Jordan.

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”Michael Jordan.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed."Michael Jordan.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."Michael Jordan.

Michael Jackson Famous Quotes

We still remember many great works of Michael Jackson. We never forget his project in humanity such as “We are the World”. Today Michael Jackson is no more, but his profound quotations and dedication towards music will always inspire millions. A golden era of pop music ended with his death. But, he will always be alive in the hearts of millions of his fans through his irrevocable contribution to the world of music.

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, was a self-oriented pop singer and dancer. He started his music career in early childhood. He developed his own style of singing and dancing. Due to his unique dance steps, especially in the 'Moonwalk', he was successful in attracting a huge crowd wherever he went. He won a Grammy for Someone in the Dark in the movie 'Extra Terrestrial'. Some of his famous albums are Thriller, Beat It, Bad, Black or White, Dangerous and HIStory.


Following are some Michael Jackson quotes that reveal his pure thoughts about life, love and relationship.

"My goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive... the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance."

"In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe."

"The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation."

“People write negatives things, because they feel that’s what sells. Good news to them, doesn’t sell."


“I wanted to have a place that I could create everything that I never had as a child. So, you see rides. You see animals. There's a movie theatre. I was always on tour, travelling.”

Please read several quotes about Michael Jackson from other famous people in the world:

"There are certain people in our popular culture that just capture people's imaginations. And in death, they become even larger. Now, I have to admit that it's also fed by a 24/7 media that is insatiable." - President Barack Obama, who was asked about the outpouring of emotion related to Michael Jackson's death during an interview with CBS while he was in Moscow.

"When he did his iconic moonwalk, I was shocked. It was magic. Michael Jackson went into orbit and never came down. Though it ended way too soon, Michael's life was beautiful." - Motown Records founder Berry Gordy.

"This is a moment that I wish that I didn't live to see come. But as much as I can say that and mean it, I do know that God is good and I do know that as much as we may feel -- and we do -- that we need Michael here with us, God must have needed him far more." - Stevie Wonder.


"He was a true gift and there are very few that have come to the magnitude of influence that he had on the world." - Neil Portnow, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

You can find Michael Jackson quotes in previous posts in this blog.